In October, Devon Cadwell was the featured artist. His music is cultivated in poetry-Stephen Crane's bestial creature consumes its bitter heart in one of Cadwell's songs, the image rising like fire above guitar chords-and in the experience of growing up in South Dakota and living in Iowa. Hearing him, the goals of Live at the Old Factory are immediately achieved. Listeners cannot otherwise feel but that this place, Iowa, is rich with talent and possibility. Their appetites for a music of here cannot help but grow.

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Yunnan province in southwestern China spreads between the tropical jungles of Burma and Vietnam on the South and the Himalayan heights of Tibet on the north; it's a massive land with dynamic features and history. Shanren, comprised of musicians from this region, joins together the features and traditions that have been shaped by these dynamics as well as the by the band members' studies and travels throughout the world.

Singers Elsa Va, Shelby Pierce, Annika Kolbo, and Mara Dekat form the group “The Sweet Cornettes." FM90’s Mark Munger sat in on one of their recent rehearsals.

*The Peace, Love and Harmony concert presented by The Institute for Lifelong Learning taking place tomorrow, June 18, at 7 pm in the Cargill auditorium is canceled due to an immediate family emergency. The concert will be rescheduled for a later date. The new date and time will be published in the fall Lifelong Learning catalog. Thank you for your understanding.